Kushchevskaya massacre trial begins for 6 in Russia

Kushchevskaya massacre trial begins for 6 in Russia

A local man pays tribute in front of a house in Kushchevskaya village in Kranodar region, southern Russia on November 20, 2010. Bandits from a local criminal group had broken into that house a few days ago, stabbed ten of the diners to death and suffocated two others in a bloodbath that lasted one-and-a-half hours.

The Kushchevskaya massacre trial began in the Russian city of Krasnodar Monday.

Six people stand accused of the November 2010 murder of 12 people, including some children, in a house in the southern village of Kushchevskaya, BBC News reported.

The victims were each stabbed, shot, or strangled, in a violent murder that "shocked all of Russia," according to BBC News.

The six accused of the murder are members of a criminal gang, and are charged with armed assault, illegal possession of weapons, rape, and damage to private property in addition to murder, the Moscow News reported.